Judge s decision: Limited evidence of domestic abuse in Laken Rose s relationship
16 Dec, 2020 10:08 PM
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Laken Maree Rose, 31, pictured during her trial in the High Court at Hamilton last month. Photo / Mike Scott
Laken Maree Rose, 31, pictured during her trial in the High Court at Hamilton last month. Photo / Mike Scott
A 31-year-old Cambridge woman found guilty of 45 charges relating to sexual offending against children gave cohesive but mantra-like evidence, the judge deciding her fate found.
Justice Matthew Muir this morning released his 300-page reserved decision in relation to whether Laken Maree Rose was guilty of any of the 50 charges she denied.
She will be sentenced on February 27, 2021.
During last month s trial, Rose pleaded guilty to 10 charges, but pleaded not guilty to another 50.
She claimed her former partner, Andrew Alan Williams, threatened to kill her if she didn t film him abusing girls as young as three. Her defence was that she was compelled to participate under duress by the 54-year-old.
On day one of the trial, Williams pleaded guilty to 56 charges relating to seven complainants after initially denying the allegations.
During last month s trial, the Hamilton High Court heard that Rose and Williams met at an equestrian event when she was 19 and he was 42.
Verdicts released in Laken Rose child sex abuse trial
16 Dec, 2020 08:55 PM
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Laken Maree Rose, 31, during her trial in the High Court at Hamilton last month. Photo / Mike Scott
Laken Maree Rose, 31, during her trial in the High Court at Hamilton last month. Photo / Mike Scott
A High Court judge has found horse trainer Laken Rose guilty on nearly all of the child sex charges she was facing.
On the remaining five charges, Justice Matthew Muir found Rose not guilty.
She was convicted on the 45 charges she was found guilty of and remanded in custody for sentencing on February 26, 2021.